COREOPSIS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



COREOPSIS. 



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were easily raised in a cold frame. In the 

 Scilly Islands the plant becomes a great 

 tree, in the warmth and moisture from the 

 Gulf Stream. The fact that in Dublin young 

 plants annually flower and ripen seed is 

 sufficient proof of its hardiness and of its 

 prospects of success in many districts. It 

 is readily increased also from pieces of the 

 stem and offsets. If a plant is cut down 

 close to the ground, there soon spring up a 

 number of young shoots, which can be 

 taken off as cuttings, and which strike 



soil. C. tenuifolia is a pretty plant, 

 with elegant feathery foliage and rich 

 golden-yellow blossoms from summer 

 till autumn. C. verticillata is similar to 

 it, and is also a showy border plant. 

 Neither of these is so robust as the 

 taller kinds, and they therefore require 

 more select spots, such as the front rows 

 of a mixed border in the rougher parts 

 of the rock-garden. The annuals are 

 among the showiest summer flowers ; 

 being hardy, they make a fine display in 



Cordyline australis, Bosachan, Cornwall. 



with freedom. Recent severe winters 

 may have hurt it in many places ; but 

 after so many years' success no one in a 

 likely district will give up its culture. B. 

 COREOPSIS ( Tickseed} Showy North 

 American herbs, perennial or annual ; 

 the annuals being pretty summer flowers, 

 and the perennials valuable late-blooming 

 plants. One of the best of the perennials 

 is C. atiriculata, about 2 ft. high, with a 

 spreading growth, and bearing, in autumn, 

 abundance of rich yellow blossoms on 

 slender stalks. Nearly allied and similar 

 to it is C. lanceolata, an equally showy 

 plant, also delighting in a rich damp 



spring from seeds sown in September ; 

 while an almost continuous bloom may be 

 had from July to October by sowing 

 successively from early March till the 

 middle of June in ordinary garden soil 

 that of a moist description being prefer- 

 able for the spring sowings. The follow- 

 ing are the principal annuals : C. aristosa, 

 2 to 3 ft. high, with large golden-yellow 

 blossoms ; C. Atkinsoniana, I to 3 ft. high, 

 flowers orange-yellow spotted with brown 

 in centre ; C. coronata, orange-yellow, 

 with a circle of brownish crimson in 

 centre ; C. Drummondi, I to li ft. high, 

 golden-yellow ; C. tinctoria, i to" 3 ft. high, 



